Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-22
A PLEA FOR THE DRIVER.
Don't Spill All Your Tears over the
Spanish Mule.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
There sre slMaVS TWO sides 10 g

in any case, the jury must hear
both testimony for and against the de
PENDANT. l have noticed & series Of arti-
Giles in THE GAZETTE relative to street car
drivers, and the writers have depicted in !
glowing cClOrS the miseries Of the mule, !
and in every instance the drivers have |
been accused Of wilfuliy, maliciously, |
with malice aiOreth0ught and black |
snake whip, using mere force than neCes-
ssry II persuadipg the stubborn sprig OF
Baalamism 10 go on his monotoDous
round. The sympathy OF the public has
been directed to the mule, and the
drivers have been held up as set Of
brutal individuals, VINO would lsrrup s
mule lust for the fun OF the thing. IL
defense Of this lswless lot OF whip-pop
Plug individuals, ! Will preach L snort
sermon this m2ruing, and my text can be
found or any street corner o. Fort
Worth, waving his hst and yelling,
"Ho.l-d up, can't your"
While the mule who pulls the weary
pedestrian from one TO four miles for 8
nickel is TO be pited, I think the man
who stadds on lis feet for fourteen hours
aud bears all the taunts OF sn impuGent
public is he one who desc YES sympathy.
L
the street car driver seems to have ID
| OF OVERLOOKING softness.
He only hds 70 drive leisurelY along
! over q nice iron tracy, whistle to his
team, and make change TO the amount Cf
! two dollars.
! lie never hiss to pay 70. his rides, never
! misses the car, and the company are 50
| coasjderate that they compel every one
| 10 deposit MS oHn fare, so es to give the
driver as little trouble cs possible. There
Is generally a notice to this effect hang
! ing over the little missionary box 1T the
! head Of the car. If 8 gentleman becomes
| so mUcc interested over the morning
GAZETTE that he forgets to make the nee
! essarY deposit, the driver is expected TO
make some playful allusiOn to the fact
when il he still declines to produce the
usual amount OF filthy lucre, me driver Is
| expected TO kindly grasp him by enY con-
venient poiut, and deposit HMM he street.
! Should the gentleman become excited and
rake off -uudry patches OF skin from the
drivers face, the company usually permit
him to retain his job, while le grows some
more hide Gu the bsld places. 1t Is very
/ kind in the company to allow him 10 DO
all this extra work for himself, Spd 81 the
same time keep his Job and drive An
other luxury The drivers enjoy IS 10 nave
Il big fat n2%ro woman, with an umbrellas
like j circus (eLJ, aud CJloTed ike JOS
eph's Prince Albert, plaIt herself on the
track and WGve her eTms and scream
"Stop," before he gets ia eighty yards VI
her. The umbrella irightens the mules,
and the drivers hands ere b!isteTed Try
ing TO turn the brake end holding the
| lines. When he finally gets the mules
stopped the woman inquiries:
Boss, am dis lie cab dat goes out 20
de hospitIe?"
ono, madam. tins car goes 10 The de-
pot"
There are few very peculiar ch2rGc-
tiers who iniest the street cars OF Fort
Worth, and do ell in their power to aid
the driver in breaking the third section 0!
the Interstate law according tO Moses.
I VIII try and describe this class Of iudI-
vduals so accurately, you will have no
trouble in recognizing them.
Prominent among them, is the man
who never halls car at oil, nor shows
the slightest disposition to ride until the
car mas passed or about half block, and
then waves his hist, yells, practices the
C0manche war dance, until the driver
sees him and stops. He comes or leis-
urely, and wonders why in the name oi
great Caesars immortal ghost the street
car company always employ men WAC
are as blind as G bat and deaf as Z can
noneer. He tskes a seat, sCoWls st the
passengers, aud inquiries Of the driver il
his ears are in good working order, and
kindly proposes to send him q pair Of
speCtacies. Another is o gentleman
who swears he could walk TO town tWiCe
in the same length Of time il takes the
car to go once, and asks the driver ii ne
} is going to stop and feed the mule.
Another very amusing as we'll as eXss
: perating character, is lady God bless
her who halls the car by q coquet,isE
little wave OF her psrasol. The ca
, stops and she turns to the lady
friend VINO stands in the door dressed il
Mother Hubbard and g smile, and says
, "WeN, goodbye now; do come owe
soon, it is 50 lonesome during the day
= for John is always TOO busy ID come hons
for dinner; real mean in MIN, ein't il
: And you have absolutely nothing to dC
1 eGd-hCld on s minute driver-y0u nigh
s come over any time-Well, goodbye
sId waves her hand for the driver to b.
\ pGtieEr) l will expect you in a-will yol
y stop the car, sir? don't forget TO Sc
that new silk for l an positive it Will sui
r you TO q 7. Well, ia ia, and dare yo
. to go off and leave, sir take COED car
' Of little LilIie-well, goodbye, and
r when she reaches the car she puts on
: foot on the step, turns 10 the yisi-n 0
G white lava who stands III the doorway
: and cries, "Good-5ye, and be sure AID
:. Oh, goodness alive, have lett ny glove
> and baby-won't one Of ycu gent!eme
=. be kind enough to 60 and bring them /
h me?'
nj Ard tie driver faints.
' l don't ike that kind Of 8 WOman, whic
: I know will be death blow to the sex
!. out cane ..clp it.
T l love the little spark Of angelic lowell
+ ness who motions the car to Z stsndstil
Il trips quietly in, takes seat, passes he
fare to some obliging gentlemah and n
o time is lost. l love the elderly matro
7 who msrshsls her unruly troop OF chi
q dren, hustles them inside, and OF we &C
.s I even admire to large extent the bi
70 fat lacy who monopoliZ3s the entire poo
q on entering the csr, steps on your on!ieS
,r corn and occupies half the length Of q cs
v just so she sin't all day about it. en
IL 10y her good humored remarks on II
| Uasthar end the car driver lsTruDS II